| 释义 |
gasolene, gasoline|ˈgæsəliːn|
Also gasoleine, gazoline.
[f. gas n.1 + -ol (as in benzol) + -ene, -ine.]
a. A volatile inflammable liquid, one of the first products in the distillation of crude petroleum, employed for purposes of heating and illumination.
b. Now usu. = petrol n. 3 (chiefly U.S.).
1865Appleton's Ann. Cycl. 1864 669/2 Many refiners [of petroleum] separate first of all the lightest naphtha..; to this the name of gasolene has been given. 1871J. R. Nichols Fireside Sc. 50 Benzine, benzoline, gasoleine, kerosolene. 1883Century Mag. July 338/1 No fewer than ten substances are obtained from petroleum by the refining process..2nd, gasolene, used in artificial gas machines. 1895New Rev. Oct. 392 Of the petroleum vehicle..it may be said that it owes much of its extreme lightness to its modesty in the matter of fuel. A few pints of gasolene or rectified petroleum will suffice it for five or six hours. 1897Westm. Gaz. 25 June 7/3 Her engines are 20-horse power, and are driven by gasoline. 1914Duchess of Sutherland Six Weeks at War iii. 39 The Germans seemed to be doing the whole of this campaign on gasolene—that is to say, they use motor transport throughout. 1951Manch. Guardian Weekly 15 Feb. 5 Gasolene, kerosene, and other petroleum products are smuggled out.
attrib.1881Harper's Mag. May 815/1 The street hawkers, with gasoline torches, are crying their wares. 1890Pall Mall G. 30 June 6/3 Cooking breakfast over a gasoline stove. 1895New Rev. Oct. 390 Thirteen [vehicles] were driven by petroleum (or gasolene) motors. 1895Daily News 22 Nov. 2/2 Both [vehicles] used gasolene motors. 1896Cosmopolitan XX. 420/2 The practicability of the gasolene road vehicle. 1908Westm. Gaz. 4 Aug. 10/1 The winner became unconscious..through the gasolene fumes. 1926Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 13 July 1/3 Albert..attended the gasoline station of Corfield Motors. 1959K. Davis Human Society 627 A change from horse-powered to gasoline-powered vehicles. |